Publisher's blurb: As 1941 moved from winter into spring, and then into summer, it was becoming increasingly apparent that war was coming to the United States. Most American political and military leaders viewed the Nazi war machine in Europe as the most menacing of all, and fear that US intervention/involvement may come too late grew with each passing...
Pukka Gen is an expansion for Chennault’s First Fight (ATO Issue 12) that was included as a subscriber bonus in ATO issue 18. It includes 16 counters and two pages of optional reinforcements for both sides and a few optional variant rules. The reinforcements include… Two British Spitfire squadrons An extra Indian Infantry Division A British Tank Battalion...
Chennault’s Fist is an expansion for Chennault’s First Fight (ATO Issue 12) that was released in 2016 to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Flying Tigers first seeing action. It includes 14 counters (and two blank counters) and two pages of optional reinforcements and rules among which are an Allied preemptive strike. The reinforcements include… 3...
"Cherkassy Pocket: Encirclement at Korsun", In the depths of the winter of 1944, the Soviet Red Army executes a pincer operation against a salient in the German lines near the town of Cherkassy. Prevented from retreat by orders of Adolf Hitler, the German forces soon found themselves pocketed, their only supply source an airfield at the town called Korsun....
Why "Child's Game?" is usually the first thing that's asked, and after the subject matter is explained that question is usually followed up with "Is that really a topic for a children's game?" There are multiple answers, from the ironic to the literal. We've taught kids how to play wargames on this: a 11-year-old and two 13-year-olds. It's also a good game...
This is a WWII roll-and-move game that encouraged Japanese children to think of potential military roles. Five children are shown in the lower right, and each one follows a distinct training path through the many images of military life shown on the board, leading to one of five service branches: Infantry, Artillery, Signals, Armor and Air Force. The...
Defend Burma! Can you help defend Burma from the onslaught of the Japanese conquerors? Or, can you expand the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere by liberating Burma from the imperial colonials? You now have the chance to try your skills on the tactical battlefield during the crucial months between December 1941 and May 1942. Squads of infantry, tanks...
China, Inc. is a solitaire game of the history of China from the founding of the Qing Dynasty in 1644 to the end of the Chinese Civil War of 1949. After establishing itself in their narrative Manchuria, the Qing Dynasty conquered China, Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Tibet until it becomes the largest, richest, most populous empire in the world. The Qing Emperors...
This game covers the 4 and one half year period from the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 to the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. Each player finds himself making both tactical and operational level decisions as well as strategic ones. Much of the richness in the game stems from the fact that the Chinese player must seek to win with the...
Chir 1942 is a simple introductory wargames published in Vae Victis "Hors Serie" nr 10 in August 2008. 33 DTP counters and a 11" x 17 " map at battalion level with some companies. It simulates the battle of December 1942 along the Chir river (so just after the Stalingrad encirclement) where the 11th Panzerdivision of the 48th Panzerkorps managed to destroy...